Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived Monday at the CBI office here. This happened after two of her ministers and a TMC MLA were arrested in the Narada sting operation case. Mamata Banerjee, who reached the Nizam Palace at around 11.00am said she...
Kolkata: Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee were taken to the CBI office here Monday in connection with the Narada sting operation, officials said. Senior TMC leader and MLA Madan Mitra and former minister Sovan Chatterjee were also brought to Nizam Palace as part...
Panaji: Stormy winds and heavy rains caused by Cyclone Tauktae claimed two lives and uprooted more than 1,000 trees in Goa, disrupting normal life and road traffic and causing power outage in most parts of the coastal state on Sunday. "Two people lost their lives...
Mumbai: Ashok Khondare is a 39-year-old vegetable seller in the western Indian city of Pune. He had already borrowed money to pay for his sister’s treatment when she died in a private hospital two weeks after being infected with Covid-19. Khondare not only had to...
New Delhi: The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 18 crore Saturday under the Phase-3 of the nationwide vaccination drive. A total of 18,04,57,579 vaccine doses have been administered through 26,02,435 sessions, Union Health Ministry's provisional report till 7...
Bangalore: The 2-DG drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) could be a game-changer in the fight against Covid-19, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said Friday. “The 2-DG drug developed by DRDO is a big breakthrough and could be a game-changer...
New Delhi: Drug firm Dr Reddy’s Laboratories said Friday as part of a limited pilot, the soft launch of the Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V has commenced. Dr Reddy’s said the first dose of the vaccine was administered in Hyderabad. There have been reports that the...
New Delhi: Maintaining its rising trend, fuel prices increased again Friday just after a day of pause. The state-owned fuel retailers hiked rates of petrol and diesel by 29 paisa and 34 paisa per litre respectively. In Delhi, petrol now costs Rs 92.34 per litre...
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has accorded permission to conduct the Phase II-III clinical trial of Covaxin (COVID vaccine) in the age group of two to 18-years-old to its manufacturer Bharat Biotech Ltd, Union Health Ministry said Thursday. "The trial will...
New Delhi: Leaders of 12 opposition parties Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a free mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus, and suspending the Central Vista revamp project and utilise that money in fighting the pandemic. In a joint letter to the Prime Minister,...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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